Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the custody of officers at Arrington, Nelson County, Virginia, and was being taken to the county seat under guard. On September 14, 1900, a mob took him from the officers and hanged him from the limb of a tree, according to the New-York Tribune, which reported the killing on September 16, 1900. The article gives no name for him. Whether the guards resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over is not stated in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: New-York Tribune (reporters).